None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.

Quote by Baruch Spinoza

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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion

I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion

So long as a man imagines that he cannot do this or that, so long...

So long as a man imagines that he cannot do this or that, so long...

Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and...

Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and...

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and...

Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and...

Music is good to the melancholy, bad to those who mourn, and neither good nor...

Music is good to the melancholy, bad to those who mourn, and neither good nor...

The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.

The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.

How would it be possible if salvation were ready to our hand, and could without...

How would it be possible if salvation were ready to our hand, and could without...

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.

The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.

The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.

Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.

Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.

We feel and know that we are eternal

We feel and know that we are eternal

Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.

Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.

Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.

Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.

Whatsoever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived.

Whatsoever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived.

Desire is the very essence of man

Desire is the very essence of man

Desire is a powerful force that can be used to make things happen.

Desire is a powerful force that can be used to make things happen.

You know you kinda like someone when you have no desire to look at your...

You know you kinda like someone when you have no desire to look at your...